SFlow's Twin towers

[SFlow]

So I got a new toy. A macro lens attachment for my phone. I'm still trying to figure out how to use the thing properly.

Here are some close-ups on the glass (and yes the glass is dirty):

 

[SFlow]

Anybody know what this web-like is that I have on my glass?

 

[SFlow]

I finally got to doing some maintenance on the tank(s). After doing some light cleaning I was checking that all the equipment is still working as expected. Something in the carbon reactor caught my eye, turns out it's a Amphipod breeding ground.

 

[SFlow]

Just another random post.

I walked in to my tank this afternoon and nearly got a heart attack. I though my cleaner shrimp kicked the bucket.

Turns out he just shed. But it seriously looks like a dead shrimp on the monti.

 

[Quintonv]

I like the Macro shots!

Where did you get a lens for your phone?

 

[SFlow]

Where did you get a lens for your phone?

I bought a phone lens kit from Takealot.

Takealot

 

[SFlow]

Hi guys, so it's been a while since my last update. I really suck in this regard. I Spend most of my time staring at the tank, but I never share.

So after 5 long, nerve wrecking weeks of QT the Multibar angel finally went into the tank. The QT process was fraught with peril. To this day I have not seen it eat anything with vigor. But it has been getting fatter as the weeks have gone by. I had the fright of my life in it's second week of TT, it was laying on it's side breathing rapidly. At that point I thought it was the end, but I rushed to transfer it as it happened to be time anyway. Right after and the following days it was completely fine and as inquisitive as usual. I have no idea what happened.

Anyway, I'll stop rambling and share the photos. It's the real reason you are here anyway. You'll have to excuse the isolation box as I'm introducing it to the rest of the inhabitants. Oh, one last thing, it has been named Roy.

The video shows teh little guy a bit better:

So after the first failed attempt at introducing Roy into my tank, we decided that he'll have to give live in the cube instead. So any future updates about the little guy can be found here:
Hattinkie's 400L

 

[SFlow]

Hi guys, here are a few photos of some of pieces of the tank after I cleaned the glass for the first time in quite a while.

 

[Adrian B]

Nice, with that lens you can be sure your Gold Rim is white spot free!

 

[SFlow]

Nice, with that lens you can be sure your Gold Rim is white spot free!

This was actually taken with just my phone (no lens attachment). The fish move around way too much to be able to focus with the macro lens attachment. I might just be really bad at it too, who knows.

 

[RiaanP]

I like the snail photo

 

[SFlow]

I like the snail photo

I actually suck at keeping snails alive. Over the lifetime of the tank I've tried to add more many times but I can only keep 5 alive at a time. If I add any more the system sorts itself out to reset that number. Oh and hermits don't live long either.

 

[RiaanP]

yeah, too many hermits and they take out each other, especially when they molt.

 

[SFlow]

I've actually made some progress with the new lights for the tank. The lenses are do have a bit of a spotlight effect but luckily it aligns with my scape since the tank has three "towers" so the three lights work perfectly. I might still add my T5s back to help a bit with the shadowing.

Anyway, here are some photos of the tank under the new lights:

 

[SFlow]

And a FTS:

The jump screens are blocking a large portion of the light right down the middle of the tank. I'll have to change the screen on the tank.

 

[JC...]

Very nice Mr!!

 

[SFlow]

An update has been long overdue so here are a few photos of the corals starting to grow out. Sorry for the bad pictures but the phone does not like the blues much and I don't have a filter yet.

The blasto has been encroaching on the zoas slowly and is starting to force the zoas of the rock.

The few euphyllias I have:

My little Acan garden (with a single favia in the middle):

My one and only stick:

And my Goni:

The tank has been on auto-pilot for the last month or two as we are moving at the end of the month so I am already dreading the move process.

 

[Whoknows]

Stunning tangs you have there

What happened to the Naso from the first post? (yes I went back in time 0

Also good luck with the move

 

[SFlow]

Stunning tangs you have there

Also good luck with the move

Thanks.

What happened to the Naso from the first post? (yes I went back in time 0

He passed away about 3 months after I moved to the bigger tank. To this day his death is a mystery to me. He was active and eating at the daily pellet feeding and 1 hour later when I looked at the tank again he was on his side and not moving. My only guess is that he was startled or was fighting and hit the glass brace when he jumped . I really miss that guy.

 

[Whoknows]

He passed away about 3 months after I moved to the bigger tank. To this day his death is a mystery to me. He was active and eating at the daily pellet feeding and 1 hour later when I looked at the tank again he was on his side and not moving. My only guess is that he was startled or was fighting and hit the glass brace when he jumped . I really miss that guy.

Oh no very late sorry for you loss. they real stunning fish